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Recent Examples of heat wave
The cooler temperatures come after a heat wave earlier this week.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
One focus is initiatives to cut climate pollution and protect communities from the impacts of rising temperatures, like more extreme storms and heat waves.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
The concern about higher temperatures isn’t just about feeling uncomfortable – the data show that heat waves are linked to cognitive decline, and heat exposure has a measurable impact on test results among our youth – disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
One theory is that a lengthy heat wave last year largely attributed to climate change and blamed for bleaching corals may have changed the algae in ocean waters, especially near the sea floor, where sawfish are often found.
—Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
One focus is initiatives to cut climate pollution and protect communities from the impacts of rising temperatures, like more extreme storms and heat waves.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
The concern about higher temperatures isn’t just about feeling uncomfortable – the data show that heat waves are linked to cognitive decline, and heat exposure has a measurable impact on test results among our youth – disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
One theory is that a lengthy heat wave last year largely attributed to climate change and blamed for bleaching corals may have changed the algae in ocean waters, especially near the sea floor, where sawfish are often found.
—Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heat wave
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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